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Daisy is BCLP’s LGBT+ Champion and drives the LGBT+ agenda in 31 offices worldwide. As a result of her efforts, BCLP has achieved number 2 in this year’s Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, improving on already high rankings in 2018 and 2017. BCLP are also a Stonewall Top Trans Employer. Since the recent global ally launch, over a quarter of BCLP’s global workforce are LGBT+ allies, even in countries where homosexuality is criminalised. In addition, BCLP is one of only five law firms to sign the UN Guiding Principles regarding LGBT+ issues. In the wider legal sector, Daisy spearheaded DiversCity, an award-winning LGBT+ legal graduate recruitment event, now in its 9th year. She developed AuthentiCity, a cross-sector event for LGBT+ students and apprentices interested in a career in the City of London. Daisy has also initiated a national mentoring programme for the legal profession. Beyond the legal sector, Daisy is a founding ambassador of LBTQWomen, addressing issues of discrimination faced by lesbian, bi and trans women. She also instigated Wave, an initiative offering representation and a platform for junior LGBT+ professionals across industries. As a leading proponent of LGBT+ issues, Daisy was invited to the UN to speak to the Global Head of LGBT Affairs about best practice. She has also convened legal industry peers and human rights organisations to discuss approaches to the situation in Brunei and other sharia nations. She is a Stonewall Ambassador, a British LGBT Awards Judge and a European RAHM LGBT+ leadership contest judge.

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